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Finchley 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area 3,384
Population, 1934 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 61,692
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1934) 16,090
Rateable Value (1934) £737,950
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £2,973

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FORTHE YEAR.

Live Births:Total.Males.Females.
Legitimate683355328
Illegitimate29209
Birth rate, 11.54 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Total.Males.Females.
Stillbirths291118
Rate, 39.14 per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Total.Males.Females.
Deaths658285373
Death rate, 10.67 per 1,000 estimated resident population. Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth:—
From sepsis1
From other causes1
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants per 1,000 live births—
Excluding Institution children40.73
Including Institution children58.99
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births46.85
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births344.83
Deaths from Measles (all ages)1
Deaths from Whooping-cough (all ages)13
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)4